F-Beat Records
F-Beat Records was a record label set up by Andrew Lauder and Jake Riviera in 1979. Its first release, "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" by Elvis Costello & the Attractions, reached number 4 in the UK charts, the highest singles chart position the label attained. The first album released on the label was Costello's Get Happy!!, which peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart.
F-Beat Records
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- F-Beat Records
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- 1979
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F-Beat Records was a record label set up by Andrew Lauder and Jake Riviera in 1979. Its first release, "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" by Elvis Costello & the Attractions, reached number 4 in the UK charts, the highest singles chart position the label attained. The first album released on the label was Costello's Get Happy!!, which peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart.
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The roster was built up to include Nick Lowe, Carlene Carter, the Blasters, Blanket of Secrecy and Clive Langer and the Boxes. The album and single covers were mostly designed by Barney Bubbles and also Antoinette (Tony) Riviera. F-Beat was distributed in the mid-1980s by RCA Records. Costello notched up another fifteen hits for F-Beat before leaving for Warner Bros. The original F-Beat label was closed down in 1986, but it was briefly reactivated in the early 1990s with a new roster including Blab Happy, Nicola Hitchcock, Phil Burdett and the Gutter Brothers. The F-Beat label had associated offshoot labels in Demon Records and Edsel Records, the latter concentrating on reissues. F-Beat and its sub-labels were acquired by MCI Records and then in 1998 by Kingfisher plc for £2 million.
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Key facts
• Name — F-Beat Records • Trade Name — F-Beat Records Limited • Former Name — Garage Records • Type — Private • Hq Location — Television Centre, London
Roster
Roster
• Elvis Costello & the Attractions • Nick Lowe • Rockpile • Steve Nieve • Clive Langer & the Boxes • The Coward Brothers • Carlene Carter • Blanket of Secrecy • The Blasters • Blab Happy • Nicola Hitchcock • The Gutter Brothers
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1979
F-Beat Records established.
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- 2.Buckley, Peter (ed.) (2003) The Rough Guide to Rock, Rough Guides, , p. 231
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- 6.Solomons, Mark & Ferguson, Tom (1998) "British Retailer Kingfisher Picks Up Demon Label", Billboard, 18 April 1998, pp. 6, 85. Retrieved 17 November 2012
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